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Started by scarface, February 01, 2015, 05:10 PM

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scarface

#200
Today I went to the Kiwanis wine show in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, and I took a few photos. Actually I had been invited so I could taste some good wine.

Kiwanis is an international service club founded in 1915 in Detroit, Michigan. It is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and is found in more than 80 nations and geographic areas. Kiwanis clubs raise funds for poor children in the United States, Europe, Sudan, Eritrea, Palestine...

I bought an excellent wine, a Saint Chinian from Languedoc, and a pork filet mignon with oregano.
Little usmangujjar must be thinking that all these are not very halal. As for shadow.97, he might be thinking all this is not very Catholic either.












scarface

Today, I’m going to hold an exceptional conference about Saint Etienne.

I needed a café so I went to the center of the town. Practically everything is closed on Sunday, and, to my regret, I had to take a café in a greasy spoon near the place of hotel de ville called Subway.
Other there I recalled that I needed to take photos for the users of the forum. They don’t know Saint Etienne because in the media they always show the same things: the burps of baby Trump, the yellow vests on the champs Elysées, or the bearded lumberjacks of Baghouz. So here are a few unusual photos taken today.


the place of the hotel de ville


rue blanqui


place Dorian


rue Francois Gillet


Avenue de la libération


Rue de la république (you can see my car)


In Saint Etienne, many shops are closed because the town is rather poor.


An antique shop

scarface

Today, I've been to the Casino Monthieu, Rue de la Montant in Saint Etienne ( I was at the Casino Grocery Pickup service), and I noticed another jacquerie taking place other there. Undoubtedly, capitalism is on its last legs.




Note that Windows 10 x64 Pro lite 19h1 is being uploaded and will be available tonight.
Besides, a game about the French revolution could be available tomorrow on the forum. It's perfect if you don't know historic figures such as Danton or Robespierre.

scarface

#203
Tonight, I'm going to hold a conference to present the long-awaited squid with green beans recipe with shallot and white wine sauce.

here is a picture of the squid.
Look how beautiful they are. I wish aa1234779, Maher, Vasudev and shadow.97 had been there. My father couldn't believe I'm mastering such a difficult dish either, he who died of lung cancer a few months ago.


First and foremost, pull out the tentacles from the main body. Cut just below the eye and discard the innards. Discard the beak and then trim the long tentacles level with the rest.
Pinch the two fins together, thread thumb underneath and pull them away from the body, along with the membrane and discard.
Pull out the shell or 'quill' and then remove the innards using the back of a knife.
Cut the squid open, and scrape any more innards out and discard. Cut into slices, or score the squid and cut into pieces. It’s important to wash them because a kind of ink is oozing.


You can now cook the squid. Frying is a popular method - squid pieces just need to be cooked for 30-40 seconds on a very high heat. Serve immediately.


Now we are going to make the sauce and cook the beans.

Bring the water to a boil. Add the beans and cover the pot. Continue cooking the beans, covered, for 3 to 5 minutes until tender but firm. Drain and rinse under cold water.


At serving time, heat the butter in a pan, add an excellent white wine and the shallots for about 1 minute, until the shallots start to brown.
Reduce until only 30 ml (2 tablespoons) of liquid remain. Whisk in the butter and simmer until emulsified.


For the wine, I chose some sauternes. This wine is a bit expensive, but no other wine is subtler than Sauternes… Recognizable among all with its golden look, it is unique thanks to many characteristics. Sauternes is different through its localization, quite far from most of the Bordeaux appellations. Located on the South of Graves region, its area is bound by Garonne valley on East and Landes forest on West).
Then add the beans, salt and pepper, and saute briefly.


Sprinkle with lemon juice and serve with the squid.


scarface

In this topic, some photos of the Louvre are available. And if you have been to the Louvre this week end, you probably noticed the courtyard collage celebrating the pyramid’s 30th anniversary that created an optical illusion.

The French artist JR and 400 volunteers had put the final touches to the huge collage on Friday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Louvre’s glass pyramid.
But the whimsical collage in the courtyard of France’s Louvre art gallery had a short shelf life after a swarm of tourists and art lovers left it in shreds.
On Saturday he tweeted a photo of the 17,000 sq metre (183,000 sq ft) work which, from a certain angle, made the pyramid appear to extend deep into a quarry of white rock, and invited the public to come take a look.


Come they did, and by Sunday the fragile 2,000-odd sheets of paper were torn to pieces, returning the site to its natural state in what could almost be called a work of public performance art. However, some art lovers were not amused, with comments on Twitter such as “really disappointing bad experience today for the Louvre pyramid’s 30th anniversary” and “JR’s art piece was more fleeting than foreseen”.
The artist was more philosophical. “The images, like life, are ephemeral,” he tweeted. “Once pasted, the art piece lives on its own. The sun dries the light glue and with every step, people tear pieces of the fragile paper. The process is all about participation of volunteers, visitors, and souvenir hunters.”

scarface

#205
Here are a few photos taken today in St Etienne.


The planetarium. It was open but as you can see the visitors are not numerous.



A view of St Etienne.



In the park of Europe, under the rain. It was pleasant to be alone in the park to go jogging. Unlike the park of Vincennes or the Boulogne woods, you won't see prostitutes in here.



Note that I stumbled upon a video of a little-known town. It's not St Etienne, you would see potholes on the roads otherwise. Over there, poverty is virtually non existent.
Humbert will probably recognize Sunset Boulevard, but it's not Los Angeles either. Actually, the real estate is generally quite affordable in this town (10 times cheaper than Los Angeles). What's more beggars are very numerous in LA.
I've probably aroused the curiosity of Vasudev and shadow.97. Is it Paris? No, you would see hordes of migrants and tents on the road sides otherwise.
Note that there are very few tourists in this town and in the country in which it's located. They are so rare that the authorities take them for spies sometimes, but I'm not talking about North Korea.
Here is the video about this town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ja8syV4iL8

scarface

#206
This morning I went to a bar, called Le Lutetia, rue des docteurs Charcot. The last time I've been to a bar with my father it was here, in August 2018. He died of lung cancer a few months ago. At first I really tought it was a rough pub. And yet I come back for a cup of coffee sometimes. Vasudev might be thinking that it's a bar for the "untouchables". But unlike Paris the people in St Etienne are nice and less individualistic. This one is over crowded on Sundays, because there are not many bars in here. In Paris there are many (too many?) bars, and I guess some might be struggling to earn a living.


scarface

#207
Today, I was in Lyon.

I took a photo in the Radisson blu hotel. Located within the top section of the Part-Dieu Tower, the Radisson Blu hotel in Lyon boasts breathtaking views of the city center and the Alps. On the right, it's not the Eiffel tower and the sacré coeur that you can see. If aa1234779 is wondering what it is, it is the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Fourvière is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to whom is attributed the salvation of the city of Lyon from the bubonic plague that swept Europe in 1643.



Note that I'm planning to leave the forum. There are unique users here, like Vasudev, the Indian scientist, aa1234779, the good Jihadist, brave shadow.97, little usmangujjar, humbert, the american playboy...
But I don't fell like deleting tons of spams everyday if there is no more administrator. I'm not sure I'll find such users on the forum notebookreview or somewhere else though.

aa1234779

It's sad that russian bots have invaded all of cyberspace, not only US elections.
@scarface I ask you not to leave. Your posts & everyone else's are something I enjoy everyday.

This Ramadan might be tough.
At least if you stay you can have your say about it & we enjoy reading that.
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said “Surah (chapter of) Hud and its sisters turned my hair gray"

Hud (11)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiqxo4UDVfU

scarface

#209
Note that I added another photo above.

Quote from: aa1234779 on May 08, 2019, 12:02 AM
@scarface I ask you not to leave. Your posts & everyone else's are something I enjoy everyday.

This Ramadan might be tough.
Well, you can already get a copy of the forum. But I think there is no great forum or alternative on the web indeed. Actually, Nomaher is one of the rare forums where you can post any program or game without problems.

Notebookreview is about reviews on hardware, but who needs that here? We need something exceptional, not only discussions. btw, As far as smartphones are concerned, note that for me the best one at the moment is the Honor 8A. Maybe it's not as good as an iphone X, but the iphone X is at least 4 times as expensive as the Honor 8A. Note that I still that the old samsung s6 in the meantime. Newer samsung have a shorter autonomy time, the S6 is probably the best smartphone of the last few years. Note that most photos of the forum are taken with it. I'm not sure that the Honor 8A can take photos with the same quality.

As for the Radaman, well, maybe it was meant to be tough? Note that the choice is mine to do it or not since I consider that I'm Catholic and Muslim, even though I'm not practicing. If I don't want to eat, then I'll do it. And if you are wondering if I'm Sunni or Shiite, I decided to be both. Considering the size of the repacks of the forum, you must be thinking that it's a second miracle. Well, actually, if we assume that Muhammad and Ali both left Bethlehem to go to Mecca, if one follow Muhammad, then one follow Ali, you probably agree with this. Therefore, it might not be hard to follow both of them.

Note: I was planning to go to India, but in fact I'm going to look for a closer destination (Maybe it will be cheaper. And it will pollute less too). So I was wondering: Where is the place to go today? Unquestionably, I think it's Cairo. Hopefully, I will go there by the end of the year. If you are already there, I can meet you of course. Some exclusive photos will be taken.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJH-cM3glhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4YOS01r0I